March 2, 2016

WSJ

Hello, Cuba!

The Rolling Stones will play a free concert in Havana on March 25. Dubbed the “Concert for Amity,” the show will take place at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana. The Associated Press notes that they are the biggest act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution.

“We have performed in many special places during our long career, but this show in Havana is going to be a landmark event for us, and, we hope, for all our friends in Cuba too,” the band said in a statement. A press release says the band will perform their hits, along with “special gems” from their catalog, and has been in the works for months.

The show comes at a time where artists are invading the country in record numbers. As The Wall Street Journal reported in January, U.S. art, entertainment and technology executives are tapping the country for places to shoot TV shows and movies. The Rolling Stones concert is another step in the expansion of introducing Western culture into the formerly isolated nation.